StellarUp

Jam out with YOUR community

Komentarze: Mentorjam has allowed me to create a community where we share online courses, collateral, have conversations, share events, and use the structure to enrich the mentoring experience. These things differentiate from traditional social platforms and we own it so we can't get locked out or lose our people. The privacy and exclusive nature of the community also allows people to come as they are and connect authentically.

Zalety:

Everyone knows facebook or meta can change any minute. The times of parking your content all over social media sites is ending and it is critical to own your platform for community connection. For us, we wanted to build the largest ongoing online community for women in technology. We saved a lot just dropping Kajabi for our courses. This platform is more user friendly, flexible, and I feel like we are able to grow with it over time. The mentoring capabilities are super amazing. The customer support and buy in from the team to help you achieve your vision is also great! Highly recommend.

Wady:

I think just adjusting it to what you need is key. The software is like a canvas, so you have to add the paint. That part is harder, but not related as much to the software.

Sweet, not sticky

Komentarze: Positive. In all honesty it revolutionised how we organise, mentor and match. Feeling of stepping out of a 'kitchen table' environment and into a professional arena. Members noticed the improvements immediately, perfect timing for our distance-events and attempts to create a sense of community and involvement between individuals and groups.

Zalety:

Mentorjam properly revolutionised our mentor program and promises to continue to improve with us. The software has huge potential to take our various regional and country-level programs into full global, using our global membership. As a pilot, the Dutch-based first phase has gone well. Minor hiccups were identified and when they were raised, solved virtually immediately. Most of all, we simply liked bringing the program into one place, where we could easily have an oversight, and up to date dashboard to connect, respond and match our mentors and mentees.

Wady:

I least liked the presentation on cms. I found it basic and look forward to better formatting for newsletters and other messaging. Tiny changes will make all the difference (header types/fonts and images currently are basic, but growing).

The product wasn't ready - but it has potential and a good team behind it

Komentarze: We used StellarUp's mentorship platform from March 2023 - June 2023 but moved to another platform as we felt the platform was not ready for us. The people in the team were friendly and listened to our issues throughout our partnership with them. Our customer services rep was helpful at onboarding staff and responsive. A senior member of the team joined several calls to acknowledge the flaws in our product compared to the MVP we had experienced before purchase. This person explained what the company was doing to address the flaws. As we off-boarded we were contacted by organisational leaders who requested feedback and reflected on it. Our experience with the people at StellarUp overall was good, it was the product that wasn't ready. While StellarUp was not ready for us, we believe it has potential. Had it worked fully then it would have presented good value for money compared to competitors.

Zalety:

We had useful onboarding calls with the team as we got onto the platform. We liked the range of functions on the platform - unfortunately few of them worked as expected 100% of the time.

Wady:

1. The platform was difficult for our mentors and mentees to use.For example - there were two different ways to create and join a mentorship call. This was not explained to users as part of any onboarding so, before we addressed the issue through our own comms, we had a number of users try to speak to each other and end up on different calls without understanding that was the case.2. Performance/Speed of the platform.It was too slow our users in many areas in the Middle East and North Africa where internet speeds are slower.3. Too many issues with administrative functions- In our last weeks with the platform we were unable to upload videos, edit profiles or change our users' allocation to programs

Next level mentoring programme

Komentarze: StellarUp (app and service) are brilliant! They’ve taken our mentoring programme to the next level.

Zalety:

Our mentoring programme is a key driver to our company’s strategic people objective. StellarUp took our ‘basic’ mentoring programme and made it fly! They provided us with insightful advice and their app transformed our mentoring programme to a highly engaging one which our employees love. StellarUp also managed our community of mentors and was a key driver in expanding our programme. We also appreciate their value add expertise in very topical DEI topics and staff engagement

Wady:

I cant think of any! I hope more and more companies use StellarUp

Initial Impressions of the StellarUp Mentorship Platform

Zalety:

We recently started using the StellarUp mentorship platform, which has been a positive experience so far. The platform's flexibility and ease of use initially caught our attention, and the genuine passion of the team behind it has made a lasting impression. They are always available to help with deployment and integration, making the entire process smooth and worry-free. Their passion for mentorship and community building is evident in their continuous efforts to enhance the platform.The system's flexibility allows us to tailor our mentorship experiences to suit our needs and preferences. The platform is user-friendly, which allows us to focus on cultivating meaningful relationships between our participants rather than getting bogged down by a complicated interface.

Wady:

Although we've only recently started using StellarUp, we understand that the platform is evolving, and we're looking forward to the upcoming improvements in performance tracking and program analytics.